Advanced DNA testing—funded by the community—and facial recognition technology have combined to identify a suspect in the 1991 kidnapping and murder of a mother of two.
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Work within the DNA Unit of the New Mexico Department of Public Safety’s Forensic Laboratory in Santa Fe can be highly challenging, and not just in a scientific way. There’s a mental health aspect to the job that many have experienced.
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It is believed Spikes was last seen in April 1988 in Miami after leaving his residence to meet an unknown individual. At this time, the identity of that person, as well as the circumstances surrounding how he ultimately ended up in Monroe County, remain unknown.
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Demetrius Ronell Cooper, 35, is charged with first-degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony in the 2005 shooting death of 18-year-old Calvin DeWayne Mack.
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This decades-old cold case was solved through significant advancements in DNA technology,
combined with the relentless investigative efforts of detectives in the New Jersey State Police,
the Sussex County Prosecutor’s Office, and the Vernon Township Police Department.
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After nearly 50 years, genetic genealogy has helped identify the suspect in a cold case homicide that plagued the city of Kenosha, Wisconsin for decades.
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Investigators located cigarettes at the crime scene that were believed to have belonged to the suspect. However, forensic science at the time was limited, and DNA testing did not yet exist.
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Dr. Lee was a distinguished professor at the University of New Haven for more than 50 years and former Commissioner of Connecticut Public Safety.
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The last known photograph of Mark Smith was taken at his sister’s wedding in September 1973. He left his home in Billings, Montana, to travel in 1974, and was not heard from again.
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In 2025, the Indiana State Police received a budget increase, including a 20.8% increase from under $15 million to $18 million for the ISP Forensic Laboratory, a boost of over $3 million.
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